TUT 131 (P135704)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 02313

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. x [...] KA# [...]
2'. ku3-bi 5(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2 1(u) 5(disz) sze
3'. ki an-ne2-ba-du7-ta
4'. 6(disz) ma-na 1(u) gin2 {gesz}kiszi17
5'. si-i3-tum nig2-ka9-ak
6'. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
7'. sza3-bi-ta
8'. 4(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na {gesz}erin
9'. 1(asz) gu2 1(u) 7(disz) ma-na {gesz}szu-ur2-me
10'. 6(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na bu13-lu-hum#
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. mu [...]
2'. SZIM x [...]
3'. i3 dug 1(disz)-a 2(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-[na]
4'. diri 1(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na {gesz}erin
5'. diri 4(u) 7(disz) ma-[na ...] {gesz}szu-ur2#-[me]
6'. la2-ia3 3(u) ma-na [...]
7'. la2-ia3 3(u) 6(disz) ma-na# [...] gesz [...]
8'. diri la2-ia3 [ib2-gu7 ...]
9'. la2-ia3 2(disz)#? [...]
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
1. la2-ia3 2(disz) [...] BI#? [...]
2. la2-ia3 1(disz) sila3 x [...] MI [...]
3. la2-ia3 1/2(disz) sila3 kasz gam-gam-ma
4. la2-ia3 2(u) ma-na SZIM# gi [...]
5. diri la2-ia3 ib2-gu7 [...]
6. la2-ia3 6(disz) gin2 la2 igi-4(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar
7. kiszib3 KA# [...]
8. x [...]
  rest broken
column 2
  blank space
1. nig2-ka9-ak nig2-sa10
2. du10#-ga dam-gar3
  rest broken

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P135704

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number VAT 02313
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 000481

References

  • primary: TUT, 131

    [Reisner1901TUT] Reisner, George A. 1901. Tempelurkunden Aus Telloh. Vol. 16. Mittheilungen Aus Den Orientalischen Sammlungen. Berlin : W. Spemann.

  • history: SVS 1/1, 131

    [Pettinato1985SVS1/1] Pettinato, Giovanni. 1985. G. Reisner, Tempelurkunden Aus Telloh: Testi. Vol. 1/1. Studi per Il Vocabolario Sumerico.

  • citation: BBVO 10, p. 35 n. 118 (obv. I 5')

    [Englund1990Fischerei] Englund, Robert K. 1990. Organisation Und Verwaltung Der Ur III-Fischerei. Berliner Beiträge Zum Vorderen Orient, Band 10. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer.

  • citation: OrAnt 13, p.199-210, p. 204

    [Pettinato1974TuT] Pettinato, Giovanni, and Luigi Cagni. 1974. “Miscellanea Neo-Sumerica, I: Collazioni a G. Reisner, Tempelurkunden Aus Telloh.” Oriens Antiquus 13: 199–210.

  • collation: OrAnt 13, p.199-210, p. 204

    [Pettinato1974TuT] Pettinato, Giovanni, and Luigi Cagni. 1974. “Miscellanea Neo-Sumerica, I: Collazioni a G. Reisner, Tempelurkunden Aus Telloh.” Oriens Antiquus 13: 199–210.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-07 at 13:35:55 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-07 at 13:32:58 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-02 at 13:34:45 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2021-11-28 at 16:08:32 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Lafont, Bertrand CDLI Approved View
2018-05-06 at 16:23:35 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI Approved View
2015-03-13 at 21:49:13 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:12:18 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:28:40 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“TUT 131 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P135704.
TUT 131 artifact entry (No. P135704). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P135704 (Original work published 2001)
TUT 131 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P135704 (Accessed: April 22, 2026).
@misc{2024TUT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-22]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {TUT 131 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P135704},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P135704},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“TUT 131 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P135704.
TUT 131 artifact entry (No. P135704). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P135704 (Original work published 2001)
TUT 131 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P135704 (Accessed: April 22, 2026).
@misc{2024TUT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-22]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {TUT 131 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P135704},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P135704},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/7/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P135704
LB  - CDLI:P135704
M1  - 2026/4/22/
TI  - TUT 131 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P135704
ER  -
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